The bright nuclei of our optically-luminous QSO targets prevents a characterisation of their host galaxies. Assuming these
are representative of the hosts of typical \(z\sim 1\)  radio-loud QSOs, we expect them to be mostly bulge-dominated massive
galaxies [1]}, with moderate-to-strong levels of star-formation
[2]}. This is consistent with the
extrapolation of trends found at low redshifts, where radiatively-efficient “high-excitation” radio AGN are hosted by galaxies
with substantial bulges, and discs that feature on-going star-formation [3]}, [4]}. However, there is no clear evidence
that rQSOs have different host properties from cQSOs at \(z\sim 1\)  [5]}, and the contaminating effects of host galaxy light
are not responsible for the red colours of rQSOs [6]}.
